France condemns WikiLeaks publication

PARIS: France Monday became the latest country to criticisethe release of secret US diplomatic cables on the WikiLeaks site, calling it an"an attack on state sovereignty".

Government spokesman Francois Baroin said, however, thatUS-French relations would not be affected by the disclosures.

In one document released by the site, President NicolasSarkozy is described as "thin-skinned" and authoritarian.

In another, the Rafale combat aircraft sold by France toBahrain is called "yesterday's technology".

Baroin said the government would not be commenting onindividual revelations and comments on politicians arising from the leaks.

Daniel Cohn-Bendit, a German politician who represents aFrench constituency in the European parliament, told a radio station the leakswere voyeurism rather than revelations.

"Secrets? What secrets? There is no secret in there youdon't already know," he said.